Lavoro con valori data-time

Il driver mssql-python gestisce i tipi di data e ora di SQL Server e li mappa agli oggetti moduli di datetime Python. SQL Server fornisce molteplici tipi di data e ora con precisione e capacità variabili:

Inserire valori data-ora

Usa oggetti datetime di Python

Il seguente esempio inserisce diversi tipi di data e ora in SQL Server utilizzando il modulo di datetime Python:

from datetime import datetime, date, time
import mssql_python

conn = mssql_python.connect(connection_string)
cursor = conn.cursor()

# Create a temp table with date, time, and datetime columns
cursor.execute("""
    CREATE TABLE #Events (
        EventDate DATE,
        StartTime TIME,
        LogTime DATETIME2
    )
""")

# Insert date
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Events (EventDate) VALUES (%(date)s)",
    {"date": date(2024, 12, 25)}
)

# Insert time
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Events (StartTime) VALUES (%(time)s)",
    {"time": time(14, 30, 0)}
)

# Insert datetime
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Events (LogTime) VALUES (%(ts)s)",
    {"ts": datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45)}
)

conn.commit()

DB-API costruttore di timestamp

Usa il costruttore DB-API Timestamp() come alternativa a datetime.datetime. L'argomento microsecond è opzionale e di default è zero:

from mssql_python import Timestamp

timestamp = Timestamp(2026, 11, 2, 14, 30, 45)
precise_timestamp = Timestamp(2026, 11, 2, 14, 30, 45, 123456)

print(timestamp)          # 2026-11-02 14:30:45
print(precise_timestamp)  # 2026-11-02 14:30:45.123456

Il costruttore restituisce un oggetto Python datetime.datetime che puoi passare come parametro di query. Per maggiori informazioni, vedi PEP 249.

Inserisci il timestamp attuale

Puoi inserire la data e l'ora correnti usando datetime.now() o la funzione GETDATE() di SQL Server:

from datetime import datetime

# Create temp table for the demo
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #Logs (Message NVARCHAR(200), CreatedAt DATETIME2)")

# Python current time
now = datetime.now()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO #Logs (Message, CreatedAt) VALUES (%(msg)s, %(ts)s)",
               {"msg": "Event occurred", "ts": now})

# Or use SQL Server's GETDATE()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO #Logs (Message, CreatedAt) VALUES (%(msg)s, GETDATE())",
               {"msg": "Event occurred"})
conn.commit()

Datetime2 ad alta precisione

Per timestamp di maggiore precisione, si utilizza il datetime2 tipo che supporta una precisione di 100 nanosecondi:

from datetime import datetime

# Create temp table with a datetime2(7) column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #PreciseLogs (EventTime DATETIME2(7))")

# Microsecond precision (Python supports up to microseconds)
precise_time = datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45, 123456)

cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #PreciseLogs (EventTime) VALUES (%(ts)s)",  # datetime2(7) column
    {"ts": precise_time}
)
conn.commit()

Gli oggetti Python datetime supportano sei cifre frazionari, quindi non possono rappresentare la settima cifra di datetime2(7). Per il caricamento in massa di dati che hanno già una precisione di 100 nanosecondi, conservali in formato Arrow e usa bulkcopy_arrow() con una colonna timestamp compatibile a nanosecondi. Per maggiori informazioni, vedi Precisione temporale con freccia.

Recupero dei valori data-ora

Riportare date e orari

Quando si recuperano i valori datatime da SQL Server, vengono automaticamente convertiti in oggetti Pythondatetime:

from datetime import date, time, datetime

# Create and populate a temp table with date, time, and datetime columns
cursor.execute("""
    CREATE TABLE #Events (
        ID INT,
        EventDate DATE,
        StartTime TIME,
        CreatedAt DATETIME2
    )
""")
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Events (ID, EventDate, StartTime, CreatedAt) VALUES (1, %(d)s, %(t)s, %(dt)s)",
    {"d": date(2024, 12, 25), "t": time(14, 30, 0), "dt": datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45)}
)
conn.commit()

cursor.execute("SELECT EventDate, StartTime, CreatedAt FROM #Events WHERE ID = 1")
row = cursor.fetchone()

print(type(row.EventDate))   # <class 'datetime.date'>
print(type(row.StartTime))   # <class 'datetime.time'>
print(type(row.CreatedAt))   # <class 'datetime.datetime'>

print(row.EventDate)    # 2024-12-25
print(row.StartTime)    # 14:30:00
print(row.CreatedAt)    # 2024-03-15 14:30:45

Accesso ai componenti datetime

Gli oggetti data-tempo Python forniscono attributi per accedere ai singoli componenti di data e ora:

cursor.execute("SELECT OrderDate FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader WHERE SalesOrderID = 43659")
row = cursor.fetchone()
dt = row.OrderDate

# Date components
print(dt.year)
print(dt.month)
print(dt.day)

# Time components
print(dt.hour)
print(dt.minute)
print(dt.second)
print(dt.microsecond)

Fusi orari

Datetime con offset e datetime senza offset

Gli oggetti datetime di Python sono o offset-aware (have tzinfo) o offset-naïve (nessuna informazione sul fuso orario). SQL Server ha entrambi i tipi di colonne:

L'invio di una data e ora con fuso orario in una colonna datetime2 funziona, ma le informazioni sul fuso orario vengono eliminate senza alcuna segnalazione. Inviare una data-ora ingenua a una datetimeoffset colonna assegna UTC (+00:00) come offset. Sii esplicito su quale tipo invii:

Il seguente esempio mostra come creare e usare orari di data offset ingenui e consapevoli di offset:

from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

# Create temp tables: one datetime2 column and one datetimeoffset column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #Logs (LogTime DATETIME2)")
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #GlobalEvents (EventTime DATETIMEOFFSET)")

# Offset-naive - use for datetime2 columns
naive_dt = datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45)
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Logs (LogTime) VALUES (%(log_time)s)",  # datetime2 column
    {"log_time": naive_dt}
)

# Offset-aware - use for datetimeoffset columns
eastern = timezone(timedelta(hours=-5))
aware_dt = datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45, tzinfo=eastern)
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #GlobalEvents (EventTime) VALUES (%(event_time)s)",  # datetimeoffset column
    {"event_time": aware_dt}
)
conn.commit()

Per convertire tra i due:

from datetime import datetime, timezone

# Make naive datetime timezone-aware
naive = datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30)
aware = naive.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)

# Strip timezone from aware datetime
aware = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
naive = aware.replace(tzinfo=None)

tipo datetimeoffset

SQL Server datetimeoffset memorizza informazioni sul fuso orario. L'esempio seguente mostra come inserire e recuperare valori datetime con fuso orario:

from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

# Create temp table with a datetimeoffset column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #GlobalEvents (ID INT, EventTime DATETIMEOFFSET)")

# Create timezone-aware datetime
eastern = timezone(timedelta(hours=-5))
dt_eastern = datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, tzinfo=eastern)

cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #GlobalEvents (ID, EventTime) VALUES (1, %(ts)s)",  # datetimeoffset column
    {"ts": dt_eastern}
)
conn.commit()

# Retrieve timezone-aware datetime
cursor.execute("SELECT EventTime FROM #GlobalEvents WHERE ID = 1")
row = cursor.fetchone()
print(row.EventTime)          # 2024-03-15 14:30:00-05:00
print(row.EventTime.tzinfo)   # UTC-05:00

Convertizione tra fusi orari

Usa i metodi di fuso orario di Python per convertire i valori di datetimeoffset tra diverse rappresentazioni di fusi orari:

from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

# Create and populate a temp table with a datetimeoffset column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #GlobalEvents (EventTime DATETIMEOFFSET)")
eastern = timezone(timedelta(hours=-5))
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #GlobalEvents (EventTime) VALUES (%(ts)s)",
    {"ts": datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, tzinfo=eastern)}
)
conn.commit()

# Retrieve as-stored
cursor.execute("SELECT EventTime FROM #GlobalEvents")
row = cursor.fetchone()
stored_time = row.EventTime  # Has timezone info

# Convert to UTC
utc_time = stored_time.astimezone(timezone.utc)
print(utc_time)

# Convert to local timezone
local_time = stored_time.astimezone()  # System timezone
print(local_time)

AT TIME ZONE in SQL

La clausola di AT TIME ZONE SQL Server converte i valori di datetimeoffset tra fusi orari all'interno di una query:

from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

# Create and populate a temp table with a datetimeoffset column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #GlobalEvents (EventTime DATETIMEOFFSET)")
eastern = timezone(timedelta(hours=-5))
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #GlobalEvents (EventTime) VALUES (%(ts)s)",
    {"ts": datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, tzinfo=eastern)}
)
conn.commit()

# Convert timezone in SQL Server (2016+)
cursor.execute("""
    SELECT 
        EventTime,
        EventTime AT TIME ZONE 'Pacific Standard Time' AS PacificTime,
        EventTime AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AS UTCTime
    FROM #GlobalEvents
""")

for row in cursor:
    print(f"Original: {row.EventTime}")
    print(f"Pacific: {row.PacificTime}")
    print(f"UTC: {row.UTCTime}")

Aritmetica delle date

Calcolare le differenze tra date

Calcola il numero di giorni tra due date sottraendo oggetti data-orario:

from datetime import timedelta

cursor.execute("SELECT OrderDate, ShipDate FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader WHERE SalesOrderID = 43659")
row = cursor.fetchone()

# Days between dates
if row.ShipDate and row.OrderDate:
    difference = row.ShipDate - row.OrderDate
    print(f"Shipped in {difference.days} days")

Aggiungi intervalli

Da usare timedelta per aggiungere o sottrarre giorni, mesi o altri intervalli da una data:

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# Create and populate a temp table
cursor.execute("""
    CREATE TABLE #Subscriptions (
        ID INT,
        CreatedAt DATETIME2,
        ExpiresAt DATETIME2
    )
""")
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Subscriptions (ID, CreatedAt) VALUES (1, %(created)s)",
    {"created": datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)}
)
conn.commit()

cursor.execute("SELECT CreatedAt FROM #Subscriptions WHERE ID = 1")
row = cursor.fetchone()

# Calculate expiration (30 days from creation)
expiration = row.CreatedAt + timedelta(days=30)
print(f"Expires: {expiration}")

# Update with calculated date
cursor.execute(
    "UPDATE #Subscriptions SET ExpiresAt = %(exp)s WHERE ID = %(id)s",
    {"exp": expiration, "id": 1}
)
conn.commit()

DATEADD in SQL

La funzione di DATEADD SQL Server esegue direttamente l'aritmetica delle date nelle query:

# Use SQL Server date functions
cursor.execute("""
    SELECT 
        OrderDate,
        DATEADD(day, 30, OrderDate) AS DueDate,
        DATEADD(month, 1, OrderDate) AS NextMonth
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader
""")

Formattare i valori

Formato per la visualizzazione

Valori di data-tempo per la visualizzazione utilizzando strftime() con specificatori di formato:

from datetime import datetime

cursor.execute("SELECT TOP(10) OrderDate FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader")

for row in cursor:
    # strftime formatting
    print(row.OrderDate.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))           # 2024-03-15
    print(row.OrderDate.strftime("%B %d, %Y"))          # March 15, 2024
    print(row.OrderDate.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p"))  # 03/15/2024 02:30 PM

Analizza a partire dalle stringhe

Converti le rappresentazioni delle stringhe in oggetti datetime Python usando strptime():

from datetime import datetime

# Create temp table for the demo
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #Events (EventDate DATE)")

# Parse incoming date strings
date_string = "2024-03-15"
parsed_date = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%Y-%m-%d").date()

cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Events (EventDate) VALUES (%(date)s)",
    {"date": parsed_date}
)
conn.commit()

Formato ISO 8601

Il formato ISO 8601 è utile per API e serializzazione JSON. Usa isoformat() e fromisoformat() per la conversione:

from datetime import datetime

# Create and populate a temp table
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #Logs (ID INT, CreatedAt DATETIME2)")
cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #Logs (ID, CreatedAt) VALUES (1, %(ts)s)",
    {"ts": datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 45)}
)
conn.commit()

cursor.execute("SELECT CreatedAt FROM #Logs WHERE ID = 1")
row = cursor.fetchone()

# ISO format for APIs/JSON
iso_string = row.CreatedAt.isoformat()
print(iso_string)  # 2024-03-15T14:30:45

# Parse ISO format
dt = datetime.fromisoformat("2024-03-15T14:30:45")

Modelli comuni

Consulta per intervallo di date

Consulta i record all'interno di un intervallo di date specifico parametrizzando le date di inizio e fine:

from datetime import date, datetime

# Query by date range
start_date = date(2024, 1, 1)
end_date = date(2024, 12, 31)

cursor.execute("""
    SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate, TotalDue
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader
    WHERE OrderDate >= %(start)s AND OrderDate < %(end)s
""", {"start": start_date, "end": end_date})

Consulta i registri di oggi

Recuperare i record creati oggi convertendo la colonna datetime in data e confrontandola con la data odierna:

from datetime import date

# Create and populate a temp table with a row logged today
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #Logs (LogTime DATETIME2)")
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO #Logs (LogTime) VALUES (GETDATE())")
conn.commit()

cursor.execute("""
    SELECT * FROM #Logs 
    WHERE CAST(LogTime AS DATE) = %(today)s
""", {"today": date.today()})

# Or using SQL Server function
cursor.execute("""
    SELECT * FROM #Logs 
    WHERE CAST(LogTime AS DATE) = CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE)
""")

Gestire date NULL

Controlla i None valori prima di elaborare le colonne datetime, poiché le date NULL appaiono come None in Python:

cursor.execute("SELECT TOP 5 FirstName, ModifiedDate FROM Person.Person")

for row in cursor:
    if row.ModifiedDate is None:
        print(f"{row.FirstName}: Date not on file")
    else:
        age = (date.today() - row.ModifiedDate.date()).days // 365
        print(f"{row.FirstName}: modified {age} years ago")

Memorizza i timestamp di controllo

Crea colonne di audit per tracciare quando vengono creati e modificati i record:

from datetime import datetime

# Create temp table for audit timestamp demo
cursor.execute("""
    CREATE TABLE #AuditOrders (
        ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
        CustomerID INT,
        Total DECIMAL(10,2),
        CreatedAt DATETIME2,
        ModifiedAt DATETIME2
    )
""")

def create_order(cursor, customer_id: int, total: float) -> int:
    now = datetime.now()
    cursor.execute("""
        INSERT INTO #AuditOrders (CustomerID, Total, CreatedAt, ModifiedAt)
        VALUES (%(cust)s, %(total)s, %(created)s, %(modified)s);
        SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY();
    """, {
        "cust": customer_id,
        "total": total,
        "created": now,
        "modified": now
    })
    return cursor.fetchval()

def update_order(cursor, order_id: int, total: float):
    cursor.execute("""
        UPDATE #AuditOrders
        SET Total = %(total)s, ModifiedAt = %(modified)s
        WHERE ID = %(id)s
    """, {
        "total": total,
        "modified": datetime.now(),
        "id": order_id
    })

Scenari specifici

Date precedenti al 1753

Uso datetime2 per date storiche (il datetime tipo supporta solo date dal 1753). Il seguente esempio inserisce una data storica:

from datetime import datetime

# Create temp table with a datetime2 column
cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE #HistoricalEvents (EventDate DATETIME2, Description NVARCHAR(200))")

# Historical date (works with datetime2, fails with datetime)
historical = datetime(1500, 1, 1)

cursor.execute(
    "INSERT INTO #HistoricalEvents (EventDate, Description) VALUES (%(date)s, %(desc)s)",
    {"date": historical, "desc": "Archived historical record"}
)
conn.commit()

Valori solo temporali

Memorizza i valori dell'ora del giorno usando l'timeoggetto di Python:

from datetime import time

# Create temp table with time columns
cursor.execute("""
    CREATE TABLE #BusinessHours (
        DayOfWeek NVARCHAR(10),
        OpenTime TIME,
        CloseTime TIME
    )
""")

# Store time of day without date
opening_time = time(9, 0, 0)   # 9:00 AM
closing_time = time(17, 30, 0) # 5:30 PM

cursor.execute("""
    INSERT INTO #BusinessHours (DayOfWeek, OpenTime, CloseTime)
    VALUES (%(day)s, %(open)s, %(close)s)
""", {"day": "Monday", "open": opening_time, "close": closing_time})
conn.commit()

Calcolare i giorni lavorativi

Una funzione helper può calcolare intervalli di appuntamenti saltando i fine settimana:

from datetime import date, timedelta

def add_business_days(start: date, days: int) -> date:
    """Add business days (skip weekends)."""
    current = start
    remaining = days
    while remaining > 0:
        current += timedelta(days=1)
        if current.weekday() < 5:  # Monday = 0, Friday = 4
            remaining -= 1
    return current

order_date = date(2024, 3, 15)  # Friday
due_date = add_business_days(order_date, 5)  # Skip weekend
print(f"Due date: {due_date}")  # 2024-03-22 (next Friday)

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